Crossing Many Rainbows

xstealthyx:

Wondering how many more of us it’ll take for us to be considered oppressed, for it to not just be an ‘isolated incident’ anymore.

Not everyone has a Tumblr. Not everyone can share their stories when the stories hurt too much. Not everyone wants to share their stories when they KNOW they’ll be laughed at and called a crazy and a freak and a liar. Not everyone was lucky enough for it to just be an ATTEMPTED murder.

Tumblr’s attitude towards otherkin is TOXIC. Do you honestly think somebody is going to get up there and bare their soul and all these memories that trigger the hell out of them, that they wouldn’t share with anybody, to a group of people who are going to say they’re a validation-seeking idiot with a ridiculous identity WITHOUT FAIL? Do you think everybody wants people telling them to kill themselves because they’ve gone through shit before? Do you really, truly think someone wants to relive their worst memories for an audience who thinks it’s hilarious?

For every story you see on Tumblr-assume it’s not the only. Because it’s NOT the only, it’s never the only. Assume many, many hidden victims for every one who shares their story.

See what we’ve already told you-then see what we haven’t told you. See the blogger who won’t admit ze’s an otherkin and that’s why ze was targeted, lest everyone think ze’s making up hir story of being a rape survivor. See the person who didn’t survive the murder attempt, and whose killer was never convicted of the hate crime ze committed, because otherkin aren’t even seen as deserving of it. See the person who’s treated as target practice by non-‘kin, but wouldn’t dare to share hir story, because ze knows ze’d be treated even worse for it. See the person who was bullied to death for being an otherkin. See the person who thinks they’re the only otherkin around, the only person crazy enough to think like them, and thus deserving of the shit ze gets, because ze’s a freak.

Look at the stories you don’t hear and look me in the eye and tell me it’s an isolated incident.

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kinspeak:

We all know that some species are more common than others. Dragons, wolves, elves, these are all fairly numerous compared to others. And that can sometimes lead to trolls or even people/beings in the community being…well, I find it hard to describe. Frustrated, maybe? What I’ve commonly seen is people often refusing to take these “popular” species as seriously as others simply for the fact that they are “popular.” 

As a member of one of these species, it’s frustrating for me to see people not taking my identity seriously. I’m nervous about telling anyone what my species is because I’m afraid they’ll go, “Oh, another of those.” For trolls, that leads into the obligatory, “oh, you’re just some roleplayer/delusional teenager/whatever that’s identifying as something “cool” because “insert troll explanation here.” 

When it comes to others in the ‘Kin community, it’s not as prevalent, but it still happens. “Oh, you’re just a poser!” “Oh, you’re just identifying as a majestic/pretty/powerful species!” Or, even worse, “You’re just identifying as this species because you’re trying to fit in.” 

Here’s the thing: I’ve always known my species. Ever since I could think cognitively. The conviction of my identitly has never wavered. Not once. Now, I can’t explain why there are so many dragons/wolves/what-have-you. Theories about that are always being tossed around. But I can say that for those of us that actually do identify as one of these species, it’s hurtful and annoying not to be taken as seriously as everyone else. So on behalf of myself and others, I’d like to please remind the community that if we’re going to preach accepting every identity and not judging others on their identities, that we apply this to the “popular” species as well.